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UNINA9910810760803321 |
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Autore |
Ritzer George |
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Titolo |
Explorations in social theory [[electronic resource] ] : from metatheorizing to rationalization / / George Ritzer |
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ISBN |
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1-4739-4605-0 |
0-7619-6773-7 |
1-280-37033-5 |
9786610370337 |
1-4129-3328-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-292) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos (?) in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? -- The McDonaldization of American sociology: a metasociological analysis. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ritzer offers a description of the sociological condition in this text. It contains reflections on uses and missuses of metatheory and finds a way out of the confusion by sketching out the lineaments of an integrated sociological paradigm. |
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